Marker attachment.



L. R. TURNER.

MARKER ATTACHMENT.

APPLwATwH 1111.21) 111,1111 4, 1908.

Paie/Mad 013. 2G, 1908.

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TT'OHNEYS Ri R.` TURNER. MARKER ATTAGHMENT.

Patented Oct; 20, 1908. 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

/NVENTOH Lawrence JZuz-u er v BY ATTORNEYS.

L. R.` TURNER.

MARKER ATTACHMENT.

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.RW By j@ MMM avrnrastn einer 'UNITED onirica.

LAWRENCERICHARD TURNER, or Lone. rima, nEnriasioi1V MARKER Ar'rncmn'n Specification of Letters llatent.l

Pstenteaoe, 2o, 190e;

applic-annealed mmh 4, 190s'. serian. 419,09`o.

To cllwhom it 'may concer/n:

Be 1t known that I, LAWRENCE R. Tunisian,

a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident 'ofd'iong' Pine, in the county of Brownand Stateof Nebraska, .have invented a new and y Improved Marker Attachment, of which the following isa fulhclear, and exact descripthe driving axle or other driving mechanism' ot' th'eplanter, and by means of 'which lthe; marker for indicating the positions to beoecnpied by rowsot'plants or hills, Vcan be au-` tomatically disposed into a plurality of positions, `operative and inoperative.

Zl fi .nuwhanism ol the planter.`

A further object of the invention is to pron iride a fflevice of the class described, which serves to control the marker of acorn planter' or similar agricultural implement so that the operator oaf the planter can swing the marker .from one position into another with practically no exertion, and by means ofwvhich he can further easily position the linarler inoperativelv.

still further obj ectof the invention. to provide mechanism used 1n combination' witlia marker olL a corn or other planter, which serves to hold the marker 'ina plurality ol operative positions, and in an inoperative position` which has means for lool;-

ing the mechanism in an .inoperative'- positio'l'l, and by means ot which the 'mar-liter can be automatically adjusted I from the driving The invention consists in the construction and combination `ot' parte to .befmorevfully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims. D

y"Re'ference .is to be had to the accompanyin;l drawings, forminga part of this specijicalmi. in which similar characters of reference indicate mrmmonding parts vin all the views, and in 'n nich j' f Y liign l is a plan view of a portion of the .frame o: c" polimi ther. lo; lig. 2, s-a longitudinal sectie-,gli on the lino of Fig. lyFig. 3 is an "enlarged transverse section on the line 3--3 of Fig. l; lling. l lean enlargedlong1tudmal p ='which are .operable from the-driving sin p lanter having my invention section'liaving parts broken away, andshow- `ingthe means tor mounting the markerv and vthe means operable by the driving means of the' plantermfor controlling the marker; Fig; -5 1s a ,i enlarged side elevation showing a dog by means ojl which the movement of the .driving shaft or axle ofthe planter is transmitted to the marker-controlling mechanism; and Fig. 6 is an enlarged transverse sec- .tion on the line 6-6 of Fig. 2. v

L Before proceeding to a more detailed eX- planation' of invention, it should -b-fff clearly understood thatthe same' is used with` /corn .or otherplauters which employ marliers. These markers often consist 'of .pivotally. mounted members4 carrying implements for ytracinglines on the round, Ito indicate the positionsjtobe occupied by the rows of plants or hills of the saine.l .A marking plow is usually .employedfor the purpose, Whencrops such as corn or the like, are planted,

.the grainsare usually inserted the ground at predeterminedintervals and in alimentent, Unless theoperatorot the planter'has some means for det-erinining Where these lines of l seeds shall' be positioned, it is a diflicult inat- `tento` operate. the planter so that the' subsequent growth of the ca )rn or otherlgrain will be in the desired rows orfalined hills. AFor Y this purpose, the planters'are provided with.

markers which trace lines upon the ground, and thus .indicate to the operator ot' the planter Where the seeds haveV already' beenl planted, and which thus. provide him with .means for guiding ythe implement. The

. markers are often of considerableweight, `and therei'ore entail unnecessary labor when 1t is necessary to swing them troni one position to'anotner or to dispose lthem inoperatively. vTo obvviate4 this extra'vvork` and the `consequent loss ottime, Ii provide means The latter .maybe of any form, for example,

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. asl shown in thedravvings,they may have the Y `'rims recessedto aid in'covering up the seed which has been deposited and over which the 1 Wheels The frame l() eomprises a 4longitudinal .member 13 intermediate the l side frame members 14 and having a bearing in which the shaft 11 is journaled. A second shaft 15 is rotatably Vcarried bythe member 13 and one of the members 14, and has a rigid gear or sprocket wheel 16 thereon. The gear Wheel 16 is operatively connected by means of a chain 18,v with a pinion or pulley 17 loosely mounted upon the shaft 11. The frame has a rear transverse member 19 upon which the marker 2O is mounted by means of a spindle 21 rigid. with the marker and journaled in suitable bearing brackets 22 of the frame member 19. Thelmarker, at the end has a disk or niarker plow -23 which vmay be of any preferred or common form. Adjacent to the marker, the member 19 has mounted thereupon a segmental plate 424 secured in position by means of brackets 25, and having near the middle, at the outer edge,.a central not-ch 26, and at each side of the latterfurther notches 2T. The marker carries brackets 28 and 29 in which is slidably mounted a catch 30 having a shank 3i upon Which is arranged a helical spring which engages at the bracket 26 and at a shoulder of the catch, so that the latter is 'normally projected into engagement with the segmental plate 24. A U-shaped keeper 33 is carried by the marker and extends over the plate 24, and has an opening through which the catch extends. The keeper serves to guide the marker withv respect to the segmental plate. When the marker is centrally disposed with respect to the plate,

the catch engages the notch 26 and serves to hold themarker in this central and inoperl -ative position. The side notches 27, which are inclined to the edges of the notch 26, serve to engage the catch in case the catch should fail to slip into the notch 26, and the marker should thereupon tend '.to assume an operative position at one side or the other. Near the endof the segmental plate 24 are stops 34 which limit the downward movement of the marker in both directions, and vwhich are -engaged the latter when in operative position7 to trace indications or' markings upon the ground. ,A 1

Rigid with the pulley 1T is a ratchet-wheel 35 which is engaged by a pawl 36 mounted upon a support 37 at the end of the frame memb'er 13. A bracket 3S is carried by the latter, adjacent to the pawl 36 and has pivotally mounted thereupon, a bell crank lever 39, one end of which is formed into a pedal 40. The other end or arm of the lever 39 has a laterally extending pin 41 upon which is a roller 42 for a purposefwhich' will appear- The pawl 36 is, connected bymeans of a spring 43 with the lever 39, andhereinafter.

is normally held in engagement with the ratchet wheel 35 by the spring.'

A dog 44 is pivoted-by means of a' suitable pin 45 upon the ratchet 35 and has at the end remote 'from the pivoted end, av nose'. 46

adapted to engage the roller 42. The dog has a curved guideivay 4T along which the roller 42 can travel and by means of the bell crank level' 39 can be held inoperative. as will be shown hereafter. Adjacent to the dog 44,

lthe shaft 11 carries a rigid cam wheel 4S having a plurality of lobes or teeth 49, each of which is arrangedoperatively to engage a roller 50 mounted by means of a suitable pin 51 upon the dog 44 intermediate the ends thereof. rlhe dog .44 is secured by means of a spring '52 to the ratchet wheel 'at a pointl remote from the pointof attachment by means of the pin 45. The spring 52 normally holds the dog in position such that the nase 46 of the same engages the roller 42 of the bell crank lever 39. The dog has an arm4 53 which is curved partly about the shaft 11 and serves to limit the movement of the dog about its pivotal pin 45. l i The gear wheel 16 has a crank pin 54to which is operatively secured the end of a pit'- man The latter has a longitudinal spiral bore 56 into which fits a correspondingly formed spiral stem 57. The latter, at the end remote from the pit-man 55 has a head 56v which, with a suitably formed head 59 of the spindle 21,- forms a universal joint 66. -By means ofthis connection the rotary movement of the gear-wheel 16 serves to rotate the spindle about its'longitudinal axis, andA with the spindle, the marker 20.

A bell crank lever 61 is pivoted to the rear frame member 19` and has an arm operatively connected by means ofla link or rod 62 with the bell crank lever 39. A yoke 63 carried by thefplate 24 serves as a guide for the lever 6l. The plate 24 has a bracket 64 which slidably carries a rod 6'5 having ashoulder '66 and a spring 6T. The rod is pivoted to i one end of the bell cran-klever 61 and is nor' mally held'out of engagement with the shoul-v der 68 of the catch 30.'v frame 6).is carried by the bell crank leve-r and is rigid with i the rod 65. The-frame, at the upiper end, .has a curved and laterally extended ypor-tion 70 which is adapted to' engage the shoulder 68 of the catch SO-in a plurality of positions of the' marker,'where the rod 65 will not engage the shoulder whenlthe bell crank lever is operated. By means of the link 6 2 and the" lever 6l, the catch 30 canbe released through v the" operation of the lever 39,`t0 permit the marker to be disposed. into 'an operative, from an inoperative position.

The driving shaft or axle 11 rotates cjon-l tinuously in one .direction when lthe planter4 is being propelled forward in the course'. of

its operation, and serves to'drive the gear wheel 16 when the lever. 8!) is displaced to permit'the operative engagement of thev Cainl wheel 4 8 with the roller ofthe dog 44. l/Vhen the operator desires to changel the 4position of-'thelma ker he throws the lever '39 forward by pre .sing upon the pedal, and.

'55. -V l()l gagement of. themstemwith the pitman, the spindle 2l 1s rotated to :swingthe mar-ker held in. an inoperative posiii i `which limit:`

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correspondingly actuates the-pinoli l?. The pinion, through thechain I8,d'rives' the gear Wheel, and the latter reciprocates the pitman The stem 57 cannot move in the-direction of itsrlength and'owi'ng tothe 'spiral' en!l in one direction or the other. 'fl-he movement ofthe lever 39 permis the roller 42 to travel along the edge oi, the 'guidevv'ayi 47 until the end of the latteris reached, Where# upon the. lever 39, under the'inlnencei of ,the

spring 43,'returns-- to its normal positionand visagain engaged by' the nose of the dbg.

The engagement of the pavvl i316 with the ratchet 3 5 is 'such that the dog is to `turn 1n yone direction and.4 is prevente'dfrom a corresponding movement in the oppositeldie. i rectionm When the' dog is @Stopp ed by engagement of the nose 456 with the roller 42,'

,tne sam lobi] 49 Wliiclris in engagement. vvithV the .roller 5U forces the same loutward iny a radial direction and swings the dog into an inoperative position, which permits the rotation of the. cam wheel l.without the corresponding actuation of the deed The latter is by .means of the pawl 36 and the ratchet most clearly'in Fig. 2. The bracket e whic y tl' iivoted `cnt oi' the lever in the 8 n pon direction of the marken i The a rrangeinentof the piixrtsis sach, that lwhen the gear Wheel i6 maires one-half oit a revolution the marker'is moved from one operative pos'tion to the opposite"operative position, that is, a quarter ot' a revolution' of the gear wheel suii'ices to swing 'the marker through an are equal, substantially, to oneqnarter of a circle,- thatis, to move itirom an inoperative to an operative position. er

vice versa. The pinion and the gear w :el are so proportioned that 'tl'ie former makes a complete revolution when the fear Wheel makes onequarter of a revolution..

Having thus 'described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to'secnre by Letters Patentz. i

'1.' In a planter, a marker arranged to be positioned inoperatiifely operatively, driving iechanism, `cormecting means, between si d'marlrer and said driving mechanism, a normally inoperative device Whereby said connecting means can be rendered operative to permit the marker to be actuated by said driving mechanism, said device automatically becoming .inoperative when said driving mechanism has e'freclited1 a predetermied movement, means for lholding' said marker iny an operative position, means ses the

shown f as a stop v38 for locking said marker in an inoperative.,

position, and means controlled by sai-d de-- vice for releasing said locking means.

2. In a planter, in combination, a marker arranged to be swungv into a plurality of p sitions, a driving-axle, means for swinging Saidxmarler, a do means for operating vsaid'` dog/,from said axle, saidv dog being, normally inoperative,

means for renderingsaid :d ogy'operative, means ltor lockmgjsaid` marker m an1nop-f.

erative position, andV means for-controlling said locking means from said meansior oo ntrollingsaididog. i

3'; In a4 planter, in combinatioma marker arranged'to be swung into a plurality of positions, a driving 'axle having a pinion loose thereupon, a gear Wheel operatively connected With said `pini-on, means for actnatingsaid markerfrom said gear Wheel, adog pivbted with respect to said pinion, ameni- V ber'rigid with said shaft and adaptedto engage said dog to drlve said pinion, means controlling sai-d means,'

for normally holding said dog out of engagement With said member, meansfor re said dog into engagement with said member.

4. In a'planter-in combination. afinarker ,ai-Hinged` to be swung into aplurality of positions, driving mechanism, means ,fonopen atively Aconnetting .sa-id driving mechanism and said marker, and including an independently movable member controlling said` marken a member controlled l .'aid drive ing mechanism, a'dog secured `osaid inde,y

itor holding `said dog out 'of engagement with said membereontrolled by said Idrivma' mechanism.

" o. In planter, in combination, amarker arranged to be swung into a plurality ot po sitions, driving mechanism, means -for oper a'tively connecting said driving mechanism and. said marker to swing the sameand. in cluding I a ,member movable ,independently ol? said driving mechanism and controllingl said marker, a cam controlled vsaid driv ing mechanism, a dog s'ecnredto said member and lpivoted with respet thereto, said cam beingadapted to engage said. dog ii leasing said dog, and means tending to force 1 predetermined position of the, same too'p'-' crate said member, and releasable means for holding said dog ont of engagement 'with said cannsaid dogbeing formed to displace said last-mentioned .means into an lnopera tive igiosition while said dog is being rotated through a portion of a revolution by said cam.

6. In a planter, in combination, a marker arranged to be swung into a pltirality of positions, driving mechanism, means for operatively connecting said driving mechanism and said marker, and including a member movable independently of said driving mechanism and controlling said marker, a cam controlled by said driving mechanism, a dog pi'iv'oted with respect 'to said member, a pawlA and a ratchet adapted to hold said member against movement 'in one direction, said cam being adapted to engage said og in anoperative position of the same to .rotate said-member, releasable means for liold-, ing said-dog inoperative,- said dog being` formed to displace said last-mentioned means into4 an inoperative position while said dog being rotated through 'a part of a revolution by said cam, means for causing said last mentioned means to return to an operative position, and means tending to hold said dog in engagement with said cam, said dog, when engaging said last mentioned means, beingadapted to be forced into an inoperative "position by said cam member and being held in such position by said ratchet and said pawl.'

7 In' aeplanter, a marke-r arranged to be swung into a plurality of posit/ions, a driving shaft having a pinioii'loose thereon, means for operatively connecting said pinion and said marker whereby a movement of rotation of said pinion serves to swing said marker, a dog pivoted with respect to said pinion, a cani member rigid on said shaft land adapted to engage said dog to operate said pinion, a member adapted to be engaged by said dog whereby the latter is held inoperative', said member being arranged to be released, said dog having a guideway arranged to permit' Said member to travelv inoperatively therealong, saidmember returning to an operative position after it passes from said guideway, means for normally holding' said member in an operative position, and means tendingto hold said dog normally iii engagement w-ith said c am member.

8. In a planter, a markenarranged' to be .swung into a plurality of positions, means for locking-said marker in position, a driving' shaft having a pinion loose thereon, means for operatively connecting said pinion and said marker whereby said pinion serves to swing said marker, a ratchet rigid with said pinion, a dog pivoted-on said ratchet, a

cam member rigid with said shaft and adapted t0 engage said dog whereby said pinion is forced to rotate with said shaft, a lever arranged to engage said dog to hold it inoperative with respect to said cani member, means controlled by said lever'foi releasing said locking means, a pawl engaging said ratchet and preventing the rotation of. said pinion in one direction, said dog havingl a guideway adapted lto engage said lever to hold the sameinop'erative while said cani member is rotating said dog Vtl'irough a portion of a revolution, and means tending normallyto hod said ,dog in engagement with said cam member, said dog when engaging said lever, being forced into an inoperative position by said cam member, and being held in such inoperative, position by said ratchet and said pawl.

9. ln 'a planter, a marker arranged to swing into a plurality of positions, driving means, a rotatable in eii'iber, ineans,for intermittently operating said rotatable member .by

said driving means, a stem having awytlniversally ointed connection with said marker,

and an elongated member engaging said stem and mounted iipon said rotatable mem-K,

.ber, said stem and said elongated member yhaving a spiral engagement and being movtable longitudinally ot one another, whereby a movement of rotation of said rotatable memberis converted into a swinging movement of said marker.

l0. In a planter, a niai'ker arranged to swing linto a plurality of positions, a driving shaft having a pinion loose thereon, a second shaft having a wheel, means for operatively connecting said pinion and said wheel, a i'od pivoted to said wheel and having a spiral bore, a spiral stem arranged in said spiral bore and having a universalvjoint connection with said marker, a dog pivoted with respect to said pinion, a nieniber rigid with said shaft and adapted to engage said dog to drive said pinioii,'ieleasable means for holding said dog out of engagement with said member rigid with said shaft, said dog being formed to permit said releasable means to ren turn to an operative position after said dog has completed a predeptermine'd movement., whereby said dog engages said releasable member and is forced into an inoperative position by engagement with said member rigid with said shaft.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. i

' LAWRENCE RICHARD TURNER.

Witnesses:

F. f S'roUGi'rroN, C. A. Rosii. 

